Directive reviews

This place is the complete opposite of what they are trying to draw online. Their goal is to attract young college grads who are hungry to step into the workforce. Once they employ you, they will gaslight you, overwork you and burn you out. You work OT every single day while working at Directive. And if you try to bring the heavy workload up to management, they'll make it seem like this is a learning process and a personal issue when deep down it's a broader organizational issue. They will constantly push on working longer-hours to have you show your "value" as a "quality" employee. Nothing is ever good enough and you're expected to deliver "PERFECT RESULTS". Nothing is never beta tested and processes are always changing in a span of 1 to 2 weeks. You're asked to write blog articles, training docs, and more for Directive without getting compensated for the extra work that is not part of your job description. As the CEO likes to say, "This is for your career growth!" when in reality it's for HIS company's growth. The CEO slams his employees in company wide office meetings telling them they won't find another opportunity like this elsewhere. If you're reading this, I advise you to not work at Directive. It is not worth the continuous stress. There are other (better) opportunities out there.

When I started working at directive I was given so much project at once that I had to work long hours (more than 40hrs per week). The projects are audits for the clients and each audit takes about 4hrs to 8hrs. Once they overworked you with the audit you will start getting real client work. They will start you off with 2-3 clients to see how you do. After 2-3 weeks they will give you clients more than you can handle and this typically 7-9 clients. They told us that we only have to spend 4-6hours/week per client. So if you do some basic math that is about 30-50 hours on client work. Keep in mind this does not include useless meetings, jumping on client calls, and other things that they don’t put into account when calculating the capacity per specialist/employee. If you are feeling overwhelmed directive will just tell you that this is ok since you are new and you’re still getting the hang of it. My coworker who has been there for 2-3 yrs did not get easier for them. If anything they are the most burnt-out employee. Senior Specialist gets more pressured from management since they get the enterprise clients. If you want to hate SEO/PPC do not work here. Directive will make you do things and make it sound like you’re doing this for your career growth but if you just stop and think directive is just brainwashing you. I have also witnessed employees break down while working in the office because of the amount of work they have to get done. I think there is not enough money that directive can pay me to stress myself to the point where I have to cry. And directive does not pay well anyways. Oh and you get raises based on the revenue you managed and the number of clients you have. So if you want good pay you will have to handle more than 9 clients and work more than 60 hrs a week to receive decent pay. On top of handling clients, the CEO has abiding demand for each employee. We have to put up with changing policies and procedures every week. And then by the time we get use to it he decides to change it again because he realized that was not a good idea. So basically he not running his company efficiently.